Day 1B Ends with Nozomu Shimizu Leading 113 Survivors

Photo:  Day 1B Chipleader Nozomu Shimizu

There were 387 entries today for Day 1B, and 113 of them survived to Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:30 am. Nozomu Shimizu bagged the biggest stack today with 519,500 (173 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but in the meantime, here’s a look at the players who bagged at least 400K:

1.  Nozomu Shimizu  –  519,500  (173 bb)
2.  Hun Tae Choi  –  462,000  (154 bb)
3.  Hyeonho Shin  –  460,500  (154 bb)
4.  Phachara Wongwichit  –  445,500  (149 bb)
5.  Quang Huy Nguyen  –  422,500  (141 bb)

With 373 entries on Day 1A, and another 387 today for Day 1B, the total field size is 760, which generated a prizepool worth $2,432,760, easily eclipsing the $1 million guarantee. The final 95 players will finish in the money, and here are the payouts:

1st:  $441,546*
2nd:  $287,255
3rd:  $211,819
4th:  $157,858
5th:  $118,906
6th:  $90,532
7th:  $69,678
8th:  $54,212
9th-10th:  $42,647
11th-12th:  $33,919
13th-14th:  $27,410
15th-16th:  $22,424
17th-20th:  $18,574
21st-24th:  $15,580
25th-32nd:  $13,238
33rd-40th:  $11,396
41st-48th:  $9,943
49th-56th:  $8,796
57th-64th:  $7,892
65th-72nd:  $7,185
73rd-80th:  $6,641
81st-95th:  $6,054

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:30 am, and the field is scheduled to play seven 90-minute levels with a one-hour dinner break. The official seat draw should be released by the casino over night.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Cambodia.

* Top prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com